Championship: Mackey Doubles through Mukul for Chip Lead

$3,500 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship Event
Blinds 150k/300k/50k ante

On a board of 5s5c3s8d Mukul Pahuja check-raises all-in and James Mackey snap calls all in with Pahuja drawing dead.

Mackey Ac5h
Pahuja AhQs

Mackey’s trip 5s gets him an all-in double up of 8.55 million and vaults him into the chip lead, while Pahjua drops into third place.

Updated Chip Counts

James Mackey 23.5M (78 bb)
Eric Afriat 19.5M (65 bb)
Mukul Pahuja 10.4M (35 bb)